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Focus
Phillipines
No. 1 |
Tuesday September 16th, 2014 / 7 pm
Studio des Ursulines / Paris
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Taya |
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Adi Bontuyan, Francis Beltejarça
Philippines
2013 | 00:08:45
A 12 year-old boy learns to play traditional Filipino games through a new set of friends, who will show him that life and their games have many things in common. Synopsis: 12 year-old Junjun finds himself running around his new found home, with children who taught him various Filipino games. Unaware of the impending relocation plans set to destroy their new dwelling, Junjun continues to learn and play Bangsak, Bente Uno and other local games with his friends.He soon discovers this demolition during a series of games that briefly halts their play. Set against the backdrop of a slum area in Quezon City,Junjun and his friends return to their game--with or without a house to come home to. Through play and imagination, the film highlights how traditional Filipino games reflect the realities and disparities of our society.
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Soldier |
Kawal |
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Edward Salcedo
Philippines
2013 | 00:15:00
It’s the last day of two very different men in their homes before they take on their individual journeys. Each comes from a different background and culture with varying beliefs. Only one thing will be similar---the path they are about to cross.
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Lullaby for a Storm |
Tungkung Langit |
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Kiri Dalena
Philippines
2013 | 00:20:00
Two children living in Iligan on the Mindanao Island, the Philippines, survive a devastating hurricane that wrecks havoc on everybody's lives. Little by little, the siblings try to come to terms with the tragedy they have endured. Dalena points out the persisting sense of wonder of children, while they are recovering in the aftermath of loss and horror.
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Magdalena |
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Anna Isabelle Matutina
Philippines
2013 | 00:49:00
MAGDALENA follows the life of a traditional midwife as she struggles to care for her only daughter Margie who is afflicted with leukemia. Unsatisfied by the care provided by hospitals and modern medicine, Magdalena turns to faith healers and unorthodox religious practices. But now that Margie is pregnant, can Magdalena put her faith back on modern medicine and entrust her daughter to the care of doctors?
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curated by Axel Estein |
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Axel Estein studied Japanology, History, Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin. Founding member, co-publisher of Splatting Image. Organizer of Howl: Weekend of Fear film festivals (1991 – 1995). Consulting, curating, organizing festivals like Exground, Asian Hot Shots, Interfilm, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Tampere Film Festival Philippine Focus and many other events since 1989. Contributor to various printed and web-based matter (national, international). Lecturer (national, international). Organized first complete retrospectives of Lav Diaz (2008) and Brillante Mendoza (2010) in Germany. Recenty curates in cooperation with Philippine governmental bodies a comprehensive Retrospective of Philippine cinema scheduled for 2014 in Berlin. Member of NETPAC (Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema). Served on juries for several film festivals worldwide. Lives in Berlin and Manila.
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September 15- 21, 2014
The FISDN present film series focused on different countries and regions. This section intends to discover and explore different spaces and cultures with the aim to understand the specific regional, political and social circumstances, do reconstruct the emotional and intellectual spécificities of a special region or country. In this critical work we belief it's essencial to prefer films which rufuse, in its form and expression, the retake of sterotype ways of reality restituition, as an act of resistance in the actual period of "globalisation", which inclins to impose one dominating model of culture and habitutes.
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